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Fasciotens to Treat an Open Abdomen - a Prospective Cohort Study (Fasciotens)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04033614

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : July 26, 2019

Last Update Posted : April 19, 2023

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Collaborator:

Fasciotens GmbH

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Dr. Roman Marius Eickhoff, RWTH Aachen University

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Recruitment Status :	Recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	May 2026
Estimated Study Completion Date :	August 2026

Publications:

Bruhin A, Ferreira F, Chariker M, Smith J, Runkel N. Systematic review and evidence based recommendations for the use of negative pressure wound therapy in the open abdomen. Int J Surg. 2014 Oct;12(10):1105-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.08.396. Epub 2014 Aug 28.

Quyn AJ, Johnston C, Hall D, Chambers A, Arapova N, Ogston S, Amin AI. The open abdomen and temporary abdominal closure systems--historical evolution and systematic review. Colorectal Dis. 2012 Aug;14(8):e429-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03045.x.

Roberts DJ, Zygun DA, Grendar J, Ball CG, Robertson HL, Ouellet JF, Cheatham ML, Kirkpatrick AW. Negative-pressure wound therapy for critically ill adults with open abdominal wounds: a systematic review. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Sep;73(3):629-39. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825c130e.

Carlson GL, Patrick H, Amin AI, McPherson G, MacLennan G, Afolabi E, Mowatt G, Campbell B. Management of the open abdomen: a national study of clinical outcome and safety of negative pressure wound therapy. Ann Surg. 2013 Jun;257(6):1154-9. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31828b8bc8.

Cheatham ML, Demetriades D, Fabian TC, Kaplan MJ, Miles WS, Schreiber MA, Holcomb JB, Bochicchio G, Sarani B, Rotondo MF. Prospective study examining clinical outcomes associated with a negative pressure wound therapy system and Barker's vacuum packing technique. World J Surg. 2013 Sep;37(9):2018-30. doi: 10.1007/s00268-013-2080-z.

Cheatham ML, Safcsak K. Is the evolving management of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome improving survival? Crit Care Med. 2010 Feb;38(2):402-7. doi: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181b9e9b1.

Miller RS, Morris JA Jr, Diaz JJ Jr, Herring MB, May AK. Complications after 344 damage-control open celiotomies. J Trauma. 2005 Dec;59(6):1365-71; discussion 1371-4. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000196004.49422.af.

Vidal MG, Ruiz Weisser J, Gonzalez F, Toro MA, Loudet C, Balasini C, Canales H, Reina R, Estenssoro E. Incidence and clinical effects of intra-abdominal hypertension in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 2008 Jun;36(6):1823-31. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31817c7a4d.

Raeburn CD, Moore EE, Biffl WL, Johnson JL, Meldrum DR, Offner PJ, Franciose RJ, Burch JM. The abdominal compartment syndrome is a morbid complication of postinjury damage control surgery. Am J Surg. 2001 Dec;182(6):542-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9610(01)00821-2.

Barker DE, Kaufman HJ, Smith LA, Ciraulo DL, Richart CL, Burns RP. Vacuum pack technique of temporary abdominal closure: a 7-year experience with 112 patients. J Trauma. 2000 Feb;48(2):201-6; discussion 206-7. doi: 10.1097/00005373-200002000-00001.

Bee TK, Croce MA, Magnotti LJ, Zarzaur BL, Maish GO 3rd, Minard G, Schroeppel TJ, Fabian TC. Temporary abdominal closure techniques: a prospective randomized trial comparing polyglactin 910 mesh and vacuum-assisted closure. J Trauma. 2008 Aug;65(2):337-42; discussion 342-4. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817fa451.

De Waele JJ, Leppaniemi AK. Temporary abdominal closure techniques. Am Surg. 2011 Jul;77 Suppl 1:S46-50.

Hatch QM, Osterhout LM, Podbielski J, Kozar RA, Wade CE, Holcomb JB, Cotton BA. Impact of closure at the first take back: complication burden and potential overutilization of damage control laparotomy. J Trauma. 2011 Dec;71(6):1503-11. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823cd78d.

Burlew CC, Moore EE, Biffl WL, Bensard DD, Johnson JL, Barnett CC. One hundred percent fascial approximation can be achieved in the postinjury open abdomen with a sequential closure protocol. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jan;72(1):235-41. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318236b319.

Dubose JJ, Scalea TM, Holcomb JB, Shrestha B, Okoye O, Inaba K, Bee TK, Fabian TC, Whelan J, Ivatury RR; AAST Open Abdomen Study Group. Open abdominal management after damage-control laparotomy for trauma: a prospective observational American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jan;74(1):113-20; discussion 1120-2. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827891ce. Erratum In: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Mar;76(3):902. Erriksson, Evert [corrected to Eriksson, Evert].

Lambertz A, Mihatsch C, Roth A, Kalverkamp S, Eickhoff R, Neumann UP, Klink CD, Junge K. Fascial closure after open abdomen: initial indication and early revisions are decisive factors--a retrospective cohort study. Int J Surg. 2015 Jan;13:12-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.11.025. Epub 2014 Nov 25.